
Profile
Mary Katherine Andrews is a member of the Environmental Practice and the Water Law Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Denver office.
She represents public and private clients on an array of environmental regulatory, permitting and litigation matters as well as transactional support and due diligence. She advises on environmental assessment and liability matters, complex regulatory and jurisdictional issues, state and federal administrative rulemaking and appeals. She assists on energy and infrastructure projects, including renewable development and traditional fuels, as well as mineral rights and mining matters. She also handles compliance and enforcement cases related to water quality matters, air quality matters, and hazardous materials contamination.
Her practice also focuses on water related transactions, litigation matters, and related administrative proceedings involving the adjudication of water rights, changes of water rights, water rights disputes and appeals.
Concentrations
- Federal and Colorado agency rulemaking
- Environmental compliance and enforcement actions
- National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Mineral Leasing Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- Water rights applications and determinations
- Project permitting and land use
- Public lands and tribal jurisdiction
Capabilities
Experience
- Student Attorney, BU Law Civil Litigation Clinic, 2020
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Indira Talwani, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, 2019
- Legal Intern, Office of General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, 2019
Recognition & Leadership
- Team Member, a Law360 “Environmental Practice Group of the Year,” 2022
- Colorado Legal Aid Foundation
- Firm Representative, 2023-Present
- Associate Advisory Committee, 2025-Present
- American Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources, 2025-Present
- Vice Chair at Large, Enforcement and Litigation Committee, 2025-Present
- Colorado Bar Association, 2022-Present
- Executive Council Member, Environmental Law Section, 2024-2026
- Boston Bar Association, 2021-Present
- Massachusetts Bar Association, 2021-Present
- Denver Bar Association, 2022-Present
Credentials
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J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2021
- Editor, International Law Journal
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B.A., Environmental Studies and Philosophy, magna cum laude, Boston College, 2018
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Colorado
- Massachusetts
- French